Canola Acreage for spring 2015!

[Oilking]

Sf3, everyone agrees with u that the price of canola seed is too high. You are a pretty big farmer based on your acres that u have stated and a good percentage is still going into canola.Don't take this as a cheap shot, but why are u still growing canola? If u didn't grow an acre it would send a message to the local retailers. And if everyone else did the same, just watch the seed price come down. Everyone keeps seeding it, yourself included, that is the problem

[farmaholic]

Bucket,

Or they over charge for the stuff in the first place.

Just think how the guys feel that don't use enough of one companies product or don't farm alot of acres to "qualify".

Anyone use a lot of generics where they can? That's some pretty old chemistry already, some with some resistance issues.

[SASKFARMER3]

We have done our part could be a drop of 25%. From last year on acreage.
On seed rates 4 is this years rate per acre/lb.
On varieties 1/3 top 1/3 med 1/3 low cost seed system.

[farmaholic]

SF3... if everyone can effectively drop their seeding rate by 1 or 1.5 lbs/ac. The SeedCos will keep jacking the seed cost. They know how much per acre they're getting now. Expect seed costs to rise 20-30% if everyone can/will reduce the seeding rate. They will steal your efficiency, you paid for the drill that makes it a possibility....

[MBgrower]

Farmaholic is right, seedcos base seed costs on per acre basis. If everone buys a $250k vacuum corn planter to reduce seed rates down to 2 lbs per acre, the seedcos will increase the price to $30 per lbs. So the few guys without corn planters will be S$#t out of luck.

[tweety]

So buy something else then.

[SASKFARMER3]

Yep your right Tweety.
4.00 lb stuff would work.
Seed 5000 acres instead.

[MBgrower]

Tweety i did. SOYBEANS. just feeln your pain. Sounds like you work for a grainco/ retailer. Do you know tandem007?

[SASKFARMER3]

Seed sales are way down. Ah charge to much for to little return and a crop is not grown! Simple math.

[SASKFARMER3]

Seed sales are way down. Ah charge to much for to little return and a crop is not grown! Simple math.